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everyone knows president obama. he served for the last almost four years so this tape isn't going to do anything to change the minds of people who know him already. the problem is nobody knows mitt romney. >> no, they don't. i was in roland university speaking to a bunch of kids there and we were talking about the two debates. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the democratic debate. they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the republican debate. other than chris christie, they remember clint eastwood talking to the chair. those kids are paying attention. i think the republicans have lost so many opportunities to be able to make their case. i don't know if you're feeling any of that there in new jersey. >> i don't think there's a case to be made. i mean, they can't give any information about their budget. i'm a senior citizen. to be honest with you i'm deathly afraid of them taking over. >> do you trust the paul ryan medicare plan? he said it's only
everyone knows president obama. he served for the last almost four years so this tape isn't going to do anything to change the minds of people who know him already. the problem is nobody knows mitt romney. >> no, they don't. i was in roland university speaking to a bunch of kids there and we were talking about the two debates. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the democratic debate. they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most...
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>> probably obama but not by much. and i don't think it's obama's particularly favorite thing, it's just that romney is awkward in front of the real people types. >> jennifer: we're all excited about the next one. it's just like the final games of these baseball series. alan schroeder thanks so much for joining us again inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: all of you political junkies out there, it's friday night, i'm in new york and you are in "the war room." and the right's reaction to joe biden's performance equalled a four year old having a meltdown. any time kid rock and scene penn get together and the police are not called? well, it is a win for everybody. ♪ i'm born free, i was born free, born free ♪ people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice v
>> probably obama but not by much. and i don't think it's obama's particularly favorite thing, it's just that romney is awkward in front of the real people types. >> jennifer: we're all excited about the next one. it's just like the final games of these baseball series. alan schroeder thanks so much for joining us again inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: all of you political junkies out there, it's friday night, i'm in new york and you are in...
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--shrunk under the obama administration. i'm going to ask each of you the same question. who won the debate and will it matter. >> i think joe biden clearly won the debate. you can gauge that by the other side complaining by the style issues and not going to the substance. i think it will be merged in the polling data with whatever happens on tuesday in the presidential. but i think they've started a theme. if the president kind of continues in biden's direction it will merge together, and you'll start to see polling data to support that it was a very good debate for the democrats. >> michael: thomas frank. >> i would say biden won on issue but ryan won on decorum. one thing that biden did that i really liked when he would start on those grand rhetorical flights about the wonders of liberalism and the middle class he tend to wander off but those were inspiring. if barack obama could talk that way, they would have this thing in the bag. >> michael: indeed, they would. i think a lot of people were watching it that way. guys, h
--shrunk under the obama administration. i'm going to ask each of you the same question. who won the debate and will it matter. >> i think joe biden clearly won the debate. you can gauge that by the other side complaining by the style issues and not going to the substance. i think it will be merged in the polling data with whatever happens on tuesday in the presidential. but i think they've started a theme. if the president kind of continues in biden's direction it will merge together,...
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obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian by any stretch of the imagination when he says, i feel your pain. but this format was better for him four years ago when mccain looked weird, he was walking in front of cameras, and obama was running against someone whose hair was on fire. now you have this opponent who is hedging his bets more than mccain was, so this is--it's very challenging for obama. >> eliot: barack obama needs to reclaim the simple mantle of hope and change. he went from being hope and change to the status quo. how does he communicate to the audience not only those in the auditorium but the 70 million or plus who are watching. that he has a plan for hope and change, none of which has come through with his communication in the public. >> this is my greatest problem with obama. if he cannot defend his record, how can he expect anybody else to. >> he needs to be proud of his record at the end of the day. i come home and let me tell you how well america is doing right now. no county apart from c
obama is a little bit better. he's not clintonian by any stretch of the imagination when he says, i feel your pain. but this format was better for him four years ago when mccain looked weird, he was walking in front of cameras, and obama was running against someone whose hair was on fire. now you have this opponent who is hedging his bets more than mccain was, so this is--it's very challenging for obama. >> eliot: barack obama needs to reclaim the simple mantle of hope and change. he went...
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>> probably obama but not by much. and i don't think it's obama's particularly favorite thing, it's just that romney is awkward in front of the real people types. >> jennifer: we're all excited about the next one. it's just like the final games of these baseball series. alan schroeder, thanks so much for joining us again inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: all of you political junkies out there, it's friday night, i'm in new york and you are in "the war room." and the right's reaction to joe biden's performance equalled a four year old having a meltdown. any time kid rock and scene penn get together and the police are not called? well, it is a win for everybody. ♪ i'm born (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >>> not a s
>> probably obama but not by much. and i don't think it's obama's particularly favorite thing, it's just that romney is awkward in front of the real people types. >> jennifer: we're all excited about the next one. it's just like the final games of these baseball series. alan schroeder, thanks so much for joining us again inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> jennifer: all of you political junkies out there, it's friday night, i'm in new york and you are in...
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house republicans will vote on repealing parts or all of president obama's healthcare reform. they have tried to repeal the act 32 times. looks like they are hoping the 33rd time is the charm likely not. there is basically no way it's going to pass the democratic senate. congressional republicans had once promised to replace the healthcare law and help americans gain access to insurance. but it seems they have all but given up there. in the last year and a half, the house has only sent one bill to the senate. that bill was designed to limit medical malpractice lawsuits. although we should note individual g.o.p. lawmakers have sponsored bills but republican leaders have never brought the proposals to a vote. you might remember mitt romney his promise to repeal healthcare reform on his would-be presidency but the washington post reports the reality is much more complicated. unless republicans gain enough new seats in congress this year romney just won't have the votes he needs for a repeal. as for romney's schedule, he is speaking at the naacp's annual convention. he is hoping t
house republicans will vote on repealing parts or all of president obama's healthcare reform. they have tried to repeal the act 32 times. looks like they are hoping the 33rd time is the charm likely not. there is basically no way it's going to pass the democratic senate. congressional republicans had once promised to replace the healthcare law and help americans gain access to insurance. but it seems they have all but given up there. in the last year and a half, the house has only sent one bill...
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president obama is on his a-game a-game. here's what he said about vacations. >> obama: maybe you took a vacation every once in a while. it wasn't a fancy vacation at a fancy resort. the best vacation i had when i was a kid was with my grandmother and my mom and my sister, we traveled around the country on greyhound buses and on trains, and we stayed at howard johnsons, and you know, i was 11, and so if there was any kind of swimming pool, it didn't matter how big it was right? you'd spend the whole day there and you're really excited to go to where the vending machine was and the ice machine and get the ice. that was like a big deal. >> cenk: now, i have to confess i was not excited about the ice machine. i don't know where he got that from but i remember the days i wanted to go to howard johnsons. they had ice cream. i wanted the ice cream. those were good memories and good time to mention that. well played, nicely done. president obama seems to be outplaying mitt romney so thoroughly now that conservatives and republicans
president obama is on his a-game a-game. here's what he said about vacations. >> obama: maybe you took a vacation every once in a while. it wasn't a fancy vacation at a fancy resort. the best vacation i had when i was a kid was with my grandmother and my mom and my sister, we traveled around the country on greyhound buses and on trains, and we stayed at howard johnsons, and you know, i was 11, and so if there was any kind of swimming pool, it didn't matter how big it was right? you'd...
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and we would like to have president obama come. we are the home of the douglas lincoln debate site, and we would love to have a debate. >> jennifer: i know there are a lot of people who would love to hear the answers to those questions. i want to play a sound bite to a man who will be losing his job. take a listen. >> it's like these guys have just killed our american dream. it's like, oh well so what if -- this town is decimated? you know. and people go well it's only 170 jobs. but it's 170 jobs and all of the income that comes from these jobs, you know? the tax dollars that come out of these 170 paychecks. >> jennifer: now mayor, are there easy ways for people like tom to transition into local factories that might be hiring? >> there are few opportunities in freeport but tom is in a unique system. his age and education goes against him, but his passion and legacy of hard work are attributed to him, and there could be opportunities for tom and the rest of the workers. the workers aren't slouches. they don't work on widgets, they w
and we would like to have president obama come. we are the home of the douglas lincoln debate site, and we would love to have a debate. >> jennifer: i know there are a lot of people who would love to hear the answers to those questions. i want to play a sound bite to a man who will be losing his job. take a listen. >> it's like these guys have just killed our american dream. it's like, oh well so what if -- this town is decimated? you know. and people go well it's only 170 jobs. but...
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it took president obama to restore our moral authority. it took president obama to ban torture. the president understands that our values don't limit our power. they magnify it. he showed that global leadership is a strategic imperative for america. not a favor that we do to other countries. and president obama kept his promises. he promised to end the war in iraq and he has. and our heroes have come home. he promised to end the war in afghanistan responsibly and he is and our heroes are coming home. he promised to focus like a laser on al-qaeda and he has. and our forces have eliminated more of its leadership in the last three years than in all the eight years that came before. and after more than -- after more than ten years without justice for thousands of americans murdered on 9-11, after mitt romney said it would be naive to go into pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took president obama against the advice of many to give that order and finally rid this earth of osama bin laden! [ cheers & applause ] ask osama bin laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago.
it took president obama to restore our moral authority. it took president obama to ban torture. the president understands that our values don't limit our power. they magnify it. he showed that global leadership is a strategic imperative for america. not a favor that we do to other countries. and president obama kept his promises. he promised to end the war in iraq and he has. and our heroes have come home. he promised to end the war in afghanistan responsibly and he is and our heroes are coming...
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and in ohio, obama leads by a single point and obama has a two-point lead in wisconsin and the president leads romney in florida. here's what he told the morning show. >> it's hard to keep saying what he's saying isn't true. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> mr. obama said despite the debate the fundamentals of the election hadn't changed, and he had this assurance for his supporters. >> is it possible that you handed him the election that night? >> obama: no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> eliot: as for how did mitt romney do against the president bill clinton had his own ideas. >> i thought w old moderate mitt. where you been, boy i missed you all these last two years. >> eliot: when he's moderate mitt made an appear lance tuesday when he explained his position on abortion to the des moines register. >> there is no legislation where regards to abortion that time' familiar with that would become part of my agenda is. >> eliot: that is the same mitt romney that said in a debate in january. >> do i believe supreme court shouldover turn roe v. wade? yes. >> eli
and in ohio, obama leads by a single point and obama has a two-point lead in wisconsin and the president leads romney in florida. here's what he told the morning show. >> it's hard to keep saying what he's saying isn't true. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> mr. obama said despite the debate the fundamentals of the election hadn't changed, and he had this assurance for his supporters. >> is it possible that you handed him the election that night?...
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barack obama. >> ohhow is he going to outflank obama. he went to cairo and gave a beautiful speech and how he was going to recast in the islamic work. it didn't work. how are you going to get rid of the tyrants and change the israel-palestine problem. and i think he figured out that because of who i am can recast america. it wasn't going to go as far as he thought. he became the pragmatic president who romney is trying to make believe he is not. >> eliot: you made the fascinating point that many president versus gone through this intellectual revolution, wilson and even jfk, and barack obama more rapidly because he is smart. james traub and jon soltz chairman of vote vets.org , thank you for your time. how much difference did the presidential debate make? more "viewpoint" coming up ahead. (vo) what is said here could decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the vice presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> was this the game changer? is this going to change the dynamic? (vo) the only network with real-ti
barack obama. >> ohhow is he going to outflank obama. he went to cairo and gave a beautiful speech and how he was going to recast in the islamic work. it didn't work. how are you going to get rid of the tyrants and change the israel-palestine problem. and i think he figured out that because of who i am can recast america. it wasn't going to go as far as he thought. he became the pragmatic president who romney is trying to make believe he is not. >> eliot: you made the fascinating...
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yesterday obama lifted everybody up. he lifted the gay community up. he basically said i'm going to go to the wall for you guys. a as democrat, and i'm speaking to all democrats out there, all of you guys you need to go to the wall for obama this year. >> yeah. >> for him -- >> double down. >> for him to come out this close to the election, he is basically telling us that he's putting his election on the line for this -- >> yeah, he said -- >> -- the for what should be our belief. >> yeah. he said it may hurt me. >> yes. >> but that's why, as i quoted american president to start the show, he said something about this job is partially about character, and he said i can tell you this job is entirely about character. >> that's right. for me and my girlfriend this only strengths our resolve to get out and canvas for him, and give when we can. after he came out, it affirmed by belief in the fact that he -- he can still change this country the way we want it to be. >> yeah. finally, brian, it completes the promise of that first speech he gave, that we have s
yesterday obama lifted everybody up. he lifted the gay community up. he basically said i'm going to go to the wall for you guys. a as democrat, and i'm speaking to all democrats out there, all of you guys you need to go to the wall for obama this year. >> yeah. >> for him -- >> double down. >> for him to come out this close to the election, he is basically telling us that he's putting his election on the line for this -- >> yeah, he said -- >> -- the for what...
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why won't president obama sign the executive order for lgbt. today is the 86th bird of sydney portier, and the 50th birthday of charles barkley and had he live, it would be the birthday of kirk cobain as well. congress can, in fact, do stuff. this is "viewpoint"." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang. thank you so much for joining us. with the budget sequester that would tut a trillion dollars from the budget, speaker of the house john boehner warned of dire consequences if it's allowing to through. a wall street journal opinion piece, you'll be shocked to hear blamed the entire mess on president obama. boehner named just a couple of things that he pushed through the house must be avoided. it threatens u.s. national security, thousands of jobs and more. america's military budget would be slashed, border security, law enforcement, aviation safety and many other programs would all have diminished resources. now a they have to do is gray to cut a matching trillion dollars plus out of programs like social security which voters
why won't president obama sign the executive order for lgbt. today is the 86th bird of sydney portier, and the 50th birthday of charles barkley and had he live, it would be the birthday of kirk cobain as well. congress can, in fact, do stuff. this is "viewpoint"." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang. thank you so much for joining us. with the budget sequester that would tut a trillion dollars from the budget, speaker of the house john boehner warned...
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sent president obama a letter saying don't build that pipeline. if he approves it anyway, it will be a pretty strong sign that he's not willing to stand up to the richest industry on earth which afterall, is a powerful industry. joe bill, you know what the response of that is. it means jobs, jobs, jobs, american oil and making our oil here so we're not dependent on foreign oil. even though most will be shipped over to asia. how do you respond to this relentils response we get from the right? >> if you want to find a way to back our economy, the best way is to heat up the planet really fast. super stom sandy is going to cost us a hundred billion. the drought in the midwest $150 billion. the one great economist who's ever studied the total effects of climate change on the global economy, sir nicholas stern in the u.k., estimated the total economic impact would be greater than world war i, world world war ii and the great depression combined. so i don't think there's much of an economic argument for heating up the earth. >> john: i agree with you the
sent president obama a letter saying don't build that pipeline. if he approves it anyway, it will be a pretty strong sign that he's not willing to stand up to the richest industry on earth which afterall, is a powerful industry. joe bill, you know what the response of that is. it means jobs, jobs, jobs, american oil and making our oil here so we're not dependent on foreign oil. even though most will be shipped over to asia. how do you respond to this relentils response we get from the right?...
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she can obama hillary clinton. everybody thinks they're making the movies, the mini series fo for 2016. hold the presses for a second. elizabeth warren is a real progressive. she comes at hillary clinton from the left, watch out. >> understood, but as you said, they're starting to exclude, she had to run for office. >> if go back to my wrestling analogy, you know the wrestling nickname i would give to barack obama "the establishment." he's not going to go for liz warren. jayar is right. he wouldn't nominate her to the branch of the government she created. when we come back, good news for all sane people in america. rush limbaugh and sean hannity, they're hurt, dawg. they may lose some of their biggest markets including new york, why? i'll tell you when we come back. >> cenk: we're back on "the young turks," but rush limbaugh and sean hannity may not be back in your market--soon. the second largest carrier of radio--talk radio stations--shows. that was very smooth. in america. the largest clear channel. clear channe
she can obama hillary clinton. everybody thinks they're making the movies, the mini series fo for 2016. hold the presses for a second. elizabeth warren is a real progressive. she comes at hillary clinton from the left, watch out. >> understood, but as you said, they're starting to exclude, she had to run for office. >> if go back to my wrestling analogy, you know the wrestling nickname i would give to barack obama "the establishment." he's not going to go for liz warren....
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full buster to block was totally different post barack obama than it was pre-barack obama in terms of the use of volume of filibusters? >> this is different than what we have seen from history t had been building. we saw a little bit of an increase that began in the clinton years. it was there a bit in the bush years. it soared during the obama years and it's upsetting, the new nullification. you take things like the healthcare law that's passed and block the person responsible for implementing it no matter what the qualifications. >> a different way to stop. >> it's one thing if you stop a nominee because you think this person is extreme or moreally unfit. when you say wonderful equalfications, you are still not going to. the same with the consumer financial protection bureau as we have seen all along. you put that together with the government and the idea you are going to hold the full faith and credit of the united states at a time of enormous economic peril hostage for non-negotiable demands and actually intend on having the declement breached is something we have not seen before.
full buster to block was totally different post barack obama than it was pre-barack obama in terms of the use of volume of filibusters? >> this is different than what we have seen from history t had been building. we saw a little bit of an increase that began in the clinton years. it was there a bit in the bush years. it soared during the obama years and it's upsetting, the new nullification. you take things like the healthcare law that's passed and block the person responsible for...
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we're not going to for get what we told supporters in yesterday about president obama's dealing with china. >> they steal our intellectual property right, they block access to their markets, they manipulate their currency, president obama promised he would stop these practices. instead they are treating him like a doormat. >> so maybe we're not going to forget, but ryan looks like he may have forgotten that line about manipulating currency, because today in virginia he gave essentially that same speech but didn't even mention china. and maybe it's because like his running mate, he has a bad case of the flip flops. two years ago ryan and 73 republicans voted against the currency reform fair trade act. according to the boston gloeb . . . so joining us to discuss ryan's latest flip flop is the author of that "boston globe" article, matt viser. he is coming-to-us from washington. matt thanks for coming back with us inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> you bet. how does ryan defend the flip flop on the china policy? do you think this article bringing this up is why he left i
we're not going to for get what we told supporters in yesterday about president obama's dealing with china. >> they steal our intellectual property right, they block access to their markets, they manipulate their currency, president obama promised he would stop these practices. instead they are treating him like a doormat. >> so maybe we're not going to forget, but ryan looks like he may have forgotten that line about manipulating currency, because today in virginia he gave...
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obama had said before. let's check that out. ♪ the change i got ♪ was that i moved in ♪ with my mother ♪ because you won ♪ and then you cut me off ♪ now your speeches never soar ♪ as high as unemployment ♪ you took obama-care ♪ so far ♪ but you left me like a dog ♪ strapped on ♪ romney's car ♪ even the shirt ♪ that was on my back ♪ is owned by china ♪ or being arbitraged ♪ by goldman sachs ♪ just send in a predator drone ♪ cause now you're not the obama that i used to know. >> cenk: that's a song by gotye. which i know all about because i'm very hip. these kids feel like they felt let down by obama. they're not pro-romney because of the comment about the dog on the car. give it a grade. >> b because i'm a big gotye fan. >> you are? >> cenk: he didn't know who gotye was. >> but the truth is, i mean, here we are wow, a college kid who is disappointed when he got out of college because it wasn't all that he thought it was going to be. that's basically it. >> considering st
obama had said before. let's check that out. ♪ the change i got ♪ was that i moved in ♪ with my mother ♪ because you won ♪ and then you cut me off ♪ now your speeches never soar ♪ as high as unemployment ♪ you took obama-care ♪ so far ♪ but you left me like a dog ♪ strapped on ♪ romney's car ♪ even the shirt ♪ that was on my back ♪ is owned by china ♪ or being arbitraged ♪ by goldman sachs ♪ just send in a predator drone ♪ cause now you're not the obama...
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♪ >> obama obama obama obama obama. >> audra audra audra! >> stephanie: go vote. if you can vote early, go vote. someone sent me a screen shot. the look on ann romney's face during the debate -- i saw it right after the debate. i saw it. they're just giving president obama the death stare. they do not look amused. >> they were not -- >> stephanie: they are not amused. >> they're not used to being talked that way by the help. >> stephanie: the coronation is taking too long. >> stephanie: that's the scene from the help when she finds out about the pie. >> or when she asks to use the front restroom. >> stephanie: what? i don't care if it's raining. >> carol in texas, you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, carol. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i enjoy your show so much. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i just discovered it in the last two months. couple of things. on the women's issue for pay for equal pay i think romney just made a freudian slip. that's my call on it. i can hear him now saying oh, god! my women's cheap wage folder. we ha
♪ >> obama obama obama obama obama. >> audra audra audra! >> stephanie: go vote. if you can vote early, go vote. someone sent me a screen shot. the look on ann romney's face during the debate -- i saw it right after the debate. i saw it. they're just giving president obama the death stare. they do not look amused. >> they were not -- >> stephanie: they are not amused. >> they're not used to being talked that way by the help. >> stephanie: the...
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the obama team was not taking advice from you, mitt. so just stop talking. just stop. and to you, viewers out there, let's be honest most democrats aren't going to vote for mitt romney anyway. this latest example of his deception and distortion is just that, the latest example. but to the republicans and independents watching this could you honestly see george h.w. bush or john mccain or bob dole or even george w. bush, could you honestly see any of them gleaning the intelligence of the american people like this? acting in a way that is so devoid of integrity? it's ironic that on a day in which we focus on the auto industry we are debating the merits of a guy that has the cliches we merit to a used car salesman. it's not about roi, return on investment. it's not a trophy to hang on your wall. america is an idea and it's the solemn responsibility of each temporary president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas. with integrity. this man mitt romney has shown not through his experience but through his actions and words, he shaz hone that he is unqualified to c
the obama team was not taking advice from you, mitt. so just stop talking. just stop. and to you, viewers out there, let's be honest most democrats aren't going to vote for mitt romney anyway. this latest example of his deception and distortion is just that, the latest example. but to the republicans and independents watching this could you honestly see george h.w. bush or john mccain or bob dole or even george w. bush, could you honestly see any of them gleaning the intelligence of the...
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and then when saying obama opposed sanctions when obama administration tightened sanctions. and sometimes [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? [ crowd cheers ] [ male announcer ] clay matthews is turning the nfl upside-down. turn your world upside down with gillette fusion proglide because you can shave against the grain with comfort. only proglide has gillette's thinnest blades for less tug and pull, so you can shave against the grain comfortably. fusion proglide, our most comfortable shave or twice your money back. ♪ ♪ gillette the best a man can get. parr >> michael: eliot may be out tonight but we're still going to talk wall street reform. first lawrence o'donnell with different difficulties, and a science lesson from congressman paul broun. when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the view finder. >> don't say you weren't warned this would happen. we don't have it. we were going to show you i guess you can figure outs the etch-a-ske
and then when saying obama opposed sanctions when obama administration tightened sanctions. and sometimes [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? [ crowd cheers ] [ male announcer ] clay matthews is turning the nfl upside-down. turn your world upside down with gillette fusion proglide because you can shave against the grain with comfort. only proglide has gillette's...
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but the fact of the matter is the obama administration pretty much okayed this operation. you look at what shell is trying to do. the whole process is a drilling incident and the obama administration has just as much responsibility as shell does because they approved all this. now the president and secretary salazar has an opportunity to change course and do a very rigorous assessment of what went wrong and how the technology again just cannot keep up with the arctic. we'll see if they do that. but the skepticism is well placed. >> cenk: and what is your sense of it? do you think we can do safe drilling in the arctic? and is there a scenario where you say, i think we can figure this out have at it, hoss. >> no, you pointed this out in the previous segment, climate change. the irony of being able to drill for more and more fossil fuel in an extreme place like the arctic ocean or the deep waters of the gulf of mexico. when you're looking at the arctic, it's becoming more open because of climate change. so even if they could insure safety and there was never going to be an oi
but the fact of the matter is the obama administration pretty much okayed this operation. you look at what shell is trying to do. the whole process is a drilling incident and the obama administration has just as much responsibility as shell does because they approved all this. now the president and secretary salazar has an opportunity to change course and do a very rigorous assessment of what went wrong and how the technology again just cannot keep up with the arctic. we'll see if they do that....
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. >> what senator obama--biden obama--biden--obama whatever. >> yeah, bla-bla-bla- >> i got winners and losers for you. the winner may an surprising one later on in the program and we have a great controversial in the g.o.p. field. >> are these magic grits? did you buy them from the same guy who told him sold jack his bean stalk bean? you know what the real shocker is? we have more news coming up. >> this morning we woke up to morere sad news from afghanistan. one of our soldiers doing something terrible and hears what the news had all day today. >> afghanistan in a revenge from the taliban. >> new details about the u.s. soldier now accused of murdering at least 16 mostly women and children in afghanistan. >> he broke into three houses in two villages. slaughtering 16 people, including nine children. >> why should we continue to invest blood and treasure in over ten and a half years in afghanistan? >> well, all right well, i got to ask the same question. we'll ask that in a bit. it does not look good, and 16 people killed, mostly women and children. it's bad bad news. and president obam
. >> what senator obama--biden obama--biden--obama whatever. >> yeah, bla-bla-bla- >> i got winners and losers for you. the winner may an surprising one later on in the program and we have a great controversial in the g.o.p. field. >> are these magic grits? did you buy them from the same guy who told him sold jack his bean stalk bean? you know what the real shocker is? we have more news coming up. >> this morning we woke up to morere sad news from afghanistan. one...
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afterwards obama said in a they agreed on almost every foreign policy issue. there was even speculation that the president might tap hagel for vice president. well, that, of course, didn't happen but the president did get hagel's endorsement. maybe that's what accounts for some of john mccain's bitterness. mccain isn't the only one who is lining up against hagel though. senator lindsey graham, mccain mccain's new bff also took a shot. he brought up hagel's newest comment that, quote the jewish lobby intimidateed law makers. >> name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first. >> name one. >> i don't know. >> why would you say it? >> i didn't have in mind a specific person. >> jennifer: that, too went on and on. after the hearing graham, who up until that point had been none noncommittal told foreign policy magazine that he was unlikely to vote for hagel. others went further. senator dan coates gave a 15 minute speech said he would vote no. hagel's performance did not earn him much praise from t
afterwards obama said in a they agreed on almost every foreign policy issue. there was even speculation that the president might tap hagel for vice president. well, that, of course, didn't happen but the president did get hagel's endorsement. maybe that's what accounts for some of john mccain's bitterness. mccain isn't the only one who is lining up against hagel though. senator lindsey graham, mccain mccain's new bff also took a shot. he brought up hagel's newest comment that, quote the jewish...
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it is now expanding under the obama administration. whistle blowers who they intend is retribution and intimidation while describing what they believe to be unconstitutional aspects of the program. with me whistle blowers who have seen their homes raided by the fbi for those benefits. resigned from the agency in in 2001. kirk, a former senior analysts with years of experience with the agency who along with bill and two others washington, d.c. the investigation and audit of the nsa. and thomas, a former material witness and was then charged with violating the espionage act. i've got to say, gentlemen, i've been in law enforcement a fair number of years. the three of you look like the quintessential fbi-c.i.a. agents, and here you are as whistle blowers. that's why i think it's so critical the public see you. bill, tell me what motivated you to raise these issues and what they were about. >> well, to start with i developed the program in nsa to mine massivesive amounts of data to detect foreign threats. then after 9/11 they decided to tu
it is now expanding under the obama administration. whistle blowers who they intend is retribution and intimidation while describing what they believe to be unconstitutional aspects of the program. with me whistle blowers who have seen their homes raided by the fbi for those benefits. resigned from the agency in in 2001. kirk, a former senior analysts with years of experience with the agency who along with bill and two others washington, d.c. the investigation and audit of the nsa. and thomas,...
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and up next team obama is hoping to make a slingshot move. and later brett ehrlich's analysis is not so high minded. >> doesn't because the conventions are over doesn't mean the awkward delegate dancing has to stop. who is with me? don't go away. ♪ paying, american jobs! in romney's world, cars get the elevator, and the workers get the shaft! (vo) want more granholm? get her every night. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop
and up next team obama is hoping to make a slingshot move. and later brett ehrlich's analysis is not so high minded. >> doesn't because the conventions are over doesn't mean the awkward delegate dancing has to stop. who is with me? don't go away. ♪ paying, american jobs! in romney's world, cars get the elevator, and the workers get the shaft! (vo) want more granholm? get her every night. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining if you have copd like i do you know how hard...
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does the obama war room get nervous now? >> i think they have been nervous from the start and they should have been. i don't believe a lead for romney in north carolina any more than i believe the obama edge. i think it will be nip and tuck the entire way, and what is going to matter is going to be turnout. >> i think christine is 100% right. they are going to flow all over the place. but what was interesting is america's reaction to obama's statement, two thirds thought it was political rather than personal f. >> i think they were talking about the political nature of how it came out -- >> you should be doing spin. not a tv show. >> to attack barack obama for his position on marriage equality, the more it is going to look principaled. >> duf i'm sure -- on the republican party, separate the far right. >> right. >> there's a lot of moderate -- for the very few moderate republicans that are left, and the independents, this is actually an opportunity for the president. >> if they had taken that type of approach if they had ado
does the obama war room get nervous now? >> i think they have been nervous from the start and they should have been. i don't believe a lead for romney in north carolina any more than i believe the obama edge. i think it will be nip and tuck the entire way, and what is going to matter is going to be turnout. >> i think christine is 100% right. they are going to flow all over the place. but what was interesting is america's reaction to obama's statement, two thirds thought it was...
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, obama care, the afford area care act is working. the kaiser foundation reported yesterday that insurance companies will be paying back rebates, $13,000,000,000 in rebates this summer to people who bought their health insurance last year. >> that's an area of $127 per patient because insurance companies spent too much money on overhead and under obama care, they have to get a rebate -- give a rebate to americans. it's working, obamacare. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ it's go time. >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the guys in the middle class the guys in the lower end got screwed again. >>i think you know which one we're talking about. the overwhelming majority of the country says"tax the rich, don't go to war." >>just wanted to clarify that. ♪ >> this is the full court press, the bill press show. live on your radio and current tv. >> happy friday, frill april 2nd -- april 27th. we told you yesterday about burger king making a whopper of an announcement saying starting soon, all of their egg produ
, obama care, the afford area care act is working. the kaiser foundation reported yesterday that insurance companies will be paying back rebates, $13,000,000,000 in rebates this summer to people who bought their health insurance last year. >> that's an area of $127 per patient because insurance companies spent too much money on overhead and under obama care, they have to get a rebate -- give a rebate to americans. it's working, obamacare. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ it's go...
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so the taxes will remain secret but the president obama-supporting super pac isn't giving up. it is out today with a new ad, complaining romney's taxes with the ryan budget. >> the fascination with tax i paid i find to be very small minded. >> but under one of paul ryan's budget plans romney would pay only 1%. that's right. mitt romney is worth $200 million, but under paul ryan's budget, he would pay only 1% in taxes, while middle class familiar list will pay a thousand dollars more. >> what a fascinating week on the campaign front, and now with us to break down what is ahead, are two of our favorites, democratic activist wade randlett is a fund raiser extrordanaire for the and duf sundheim, who chaired the california republican party during arnold schwarzenegger's governorship. welcome back inside "the war room." >> good to be here. >> let me start by asking you about the tax return issue. duf is it over? >> no, you guys are going to keep going with it. you are kind of bombing the sanged at this point. here you have an individual that has given away 10s of millions of dollars
so the taxes will remain secret but the president obama-supporting super pac isn't giving up. it is out today with a new ad, complaining romney's taxes with the ryan budget. >> the fascination with tax i paid i find to be very small minded. >> but under one of paul ryan's budget plans romney would pay only 1%. that's right. mitt romney is worth $200 million, but under paul ryan's budget, he would pay only 1% in taxes, while middle class familiar list will pay a thousand dollars...
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medicare plan and the problem with obama's plan is president obama cuts $1716 billion out of medicare and that's going to destroy it. >> uh-huh. >> what's the fact? >> i worked on the affordable care act and i was addn advisor to the president on the affordable care act and we worked on the medicare cuts and the big difference between president obama on health care and mitt romney is really two-fold. first of all, the president has $715,000,000,000 of savings that he reinvested in the health care system primarily to go through things like prescription drugs for seniors in the medicare program to provide prevention services. >> to go aheadet rid of the donut? >> seniors pay for prescription drugs. that money, they don't have to pay that any more. >> where do the $1716 billion in cuts come from? >> another important point. beneficiaries, seniors citizens who paid into medicare didn't see any benefit cuts. the money came out of what we pay hospitals, providers, et cetera and most importantly, that's not just what we pay hospitals but what we really pay insurance companies for this progra
medicare plan and the problem with obama's plan is president obama cuts $1716 billion out of medicare and that's going to destroy it. >> uh-huh. >> what's the fact? >> i worked on the affordable care act and i was addn advisor to the president on the affordable care act and we worked on the medicare cuts and the big difference between president obama on health care and mitt romney is really two-fold. first of all, the president has $715,000,000,000 of savings that he...
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crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama. thank you for joining us. >> thank you eliotototototototototototototototototototototototototototot >> eliot: coming up, the southbound debate preview who got joe biden ready for sarah palin four years ago, jennifer granholm joins me next. but first a visit to mr. romney's neighborhood, and steve colbert's idea of american royalty. when we don't have anywhere else to put it, we put it in the few finder. >> what does it look like to you, the political situation. >> there is an election coming up. i don't want to get controversial or anything but i think it's good for the country. >> hello neighbor. you see this? it's called a wallet. inside of a wallet, that's where money goes. now, you know what money is? i'm guessing no because you're watching public television. >> having released a lot of specifics about eliminateing various deductions or loopholes or whatever you said that your tax cuts would be revenue neutral. you wouldn't add to the deficit. let's go through how you would do that
crowley, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs for president obama. thank you for joining us. >> thank you eliotototototototototototototototototototototototototototot >> eliot: coming up, the southbound debate preview who got joe biden ready for sarah palin four years ago, jennifer granholm joins me next. but first a visit to mr. romney's neighborhood, and steve colbert's idea of american royalty. when we don't have anywhere else to put it, we put it in the few...
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this one where obama says he's not done lying yet. but if he is a liar, technically that means he is done lying. and there's this one with karl marx and an empty chair saying the only known photo of karl marx and president obama. that one is kind of funny. according to the "washington post," the man behind the photos is a 55-year-old retired flight crew member. worst flight attendant ever! thank you for flying the friendly skies. how would you like your coffee and don't say black. he told reporters "we don't racist." >> speaking personally, facebook should not be a place for party officials to post racist photos of our president that make me feel bad about our country. it should remain a sacred place where ex-girlfriends post pictures of themselves looking happier and slightly more attractive than they were when i dated them and to make me feel bad about myself. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: all right. someone's always in our war room. check us out online on current.com/"the war room." that's where you can link up to our twitter
this one where obama says he's not done lying yet. but if he is a liar, technically that means he is done lying. and there's this one with karl marx and an empty chair saying the only known photo of karl marx and president obama. that one is kind of funny. according to the "washington post," the man behind the photos is a 55-year-old retired flight crew member. worst flight attendant ever! thank you for flying the friendly skies. how would you like your coffee and don't say black. he...
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last month the same survey had obama leading. so here is david sirota who is author of "back to our future," and cohost of a radio show. and he really knows what people are saying and things. welcome back inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: president obama was doing great until the debate in denver. what did you folks do to our president? >> i think this race was always fluid out here in colorado. there is a huge number of latino voters in this state, and mitt romney is doing terribly among latino voters. i think this will be definitely a turnout election. it is going to be a 2008 turnout or '2010 turnout, and what does that actually look like, and it's really anybody's guess right now. and i would say this, one thing that i think democrats can be -- can feel good about is that senator michael bennett was actually ail to win a closely contested u.s. senate seat in 2010? a bad year for democrats nationally. so colorado is hard to predict. >> jennifer: what are you hearing? what does it look like on the gro
last month the same survey had obama leading. so here is david sirota who is author of "back to our future," and cohost of a radio show. and he really knows what people are saying and things. welcome back inside "the war room." >> thanks for having me. >> jennifer: president obama was doing great until the debate in denver. what did you folks do to our president? >> i think this race was always fluid out here in colorado. there is a huge number of latino...
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obama leads romney 47 to 44%. last week obama had a 1-point lead. so paul ryan is helping, just not mitt romney. [ applause ] >> stephanie: ryan looking back at past campaigns found a gain of 4 points in after viking a running mate. nicely done mittens. let's talk to karl about it. >> stephanie: karl frisch bullfightstrategies.com. ♪ so exciting to me ♪ ♪ frisch ♪ >> stephanie: good morning karl frisch. >> good morning. i have a hey girl for you. hey, girl you don't need that half inch chordless power drill, paul ryan is all the tool you'll need. [♪ circus music ♪] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i'm not that kind of lesbian. >> yeah, power tools scare her. >> stephanie: yeah, now we're back in our normal positions karl frisch. he interviewed me the other day. >> she would not get out of the side car, it was really frightening. >> stephanie: it's because you are so delightful. i love your tweet paul ryan is the benjamin button of american politics. >> it's true and he is going to come up short at the end. >> stephanie: ryan's youthful vigor w
obama leads romney 47 to 44%. last week obama had a 1-point lead. so paul ryan is helping, just not mitt romney. [ applause ] >> stephanie: ryan looking back at past campaigns found a gain of 4 points in after viking a running mate. nicely done mittens. let's talk to karl about it. >> stephanie: karl frisch bullfightstrategies.com. ♪ so exciting to me ♪ ♪ frisch ♪ >> stephanie: good morning karl frisch. >> good morning. i have a hey girl for you. hey, girl you...
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it turns out the country hates president obama's healthcare program. i know it. i saw it in the polls. here is the only problem: they love everything inside of it. how did the country get this misinformed? >> now, i need a pace maker. aaaah >>. >> president obama again throwing seniors off the cliff. >> that kind of republican propaganda might have had something to do with it. i will break it down and tell you why they are so wrong and the country is so wrong about what's actually in the healthcare act. and then, the murder rate in chicago goes through the roof. what in the world is going on? >> continues to deal with the deadly violence. 13 people wounded this weekend so far. >> is it drugs? is it guns? or is it lack of cops on the street? >> a really interesting and important story, very important to communities like chicago. and then we have one more story for you guys. victory in virginia. >> breaking news from the university of virginia where after weeks of scrutiny the board has unanimously voted to reinstate the president, teresa sullivan. >> so how did we
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president obama is leading. in north carolina, mitt romney has an edge tort tar hill states electoral nods. in virginia, president obama and mitt romney are tied, essentially each with about 48% virginia has 18 electoral votes. the president is leading in the five remaining swing states iowa wisconsin, new hampshire colorado nevada. remember some of these averages include polls from biased sources, rasmussen and public policy polling but there is nobody i'd rather to speak to than the one woman who can make sense of all of this an tell us how it's going to play out tomorrow lynn la lake, penalty of the democratic consulting firm lake research partners. she joins us from washington d.c. linda, it is like christmas eve for political junkies. >> it's great to be here. you're right, it is christmas eve for those pollsters. >> it is so fun. how do you feel about tomorrow? >> i feel cautiously optimistic, but i think you had the most important story. we cannot let this election be stolen by people throwing voters away
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. >> jennifer: so i take it from your comments that you are a supporter of president obama of course this is a progressive show so we love hearing that. what's your reaction when mitt romney attacks the president? >> well, first of all, it is disrespectful because i don't think he tells the truth. i think he makes stuff up. i dare say he lies. and i find it kind of smarmy. i do. i'm sorry. >> jennifer: you don't have to apologize. are you kidding? we love that on this show. we've got a whole wall here dedicated to mitt romney's flip-flops and lies. we have a whole segment about mitt romney's secrets and lies so you're not saying anything that shocks anyone here. it is kind of nice to hear someone who's not necessarily a full-time political person agree with us. >> i have utmost respect for barack obama and his family. and his dog who i met recently. bo. i think they are fine people and he's an intelligent and considered leader. >> jennifer: i have one serious last question to ask you. as someone who knows about possession from your role in the exorcist, did you think that mitt romney
. >> jennifer: so i take it from your comments that you are a supporter of president obama of course this is a progressive show so we love hearing that. what's your reaction when mitt romney attacks the president? >> well, first of all, it is disrespectful because i don't think he tells the truth. i think he makes stuff up. i dare say he lies. and i find it kind of smarmy. i do. i'm sorry. >> jennifer: you don't have to apologize. are you kidding? we love that on this show....
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obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i think the president won states like virginia every battleground. >> florida. >> the president wins that sounds like a mandate. >> eight out of nine, a mandate. he becomes the -- he is now the only president. there are two presidents in history that have won two terms with more than -- with 51% or more of the vote. the only other one was eisenhower beating stevens 52 and 56. i saw that factoid this morning. this was a historic victory for the man that everybody wrote off -- not everybody, but the republicans and a lot of pahvantits
obama, 51%. he beat romney by more than george bush beat john kerry in 2004. >> that's a solid, solid victory. he has a mandate. >> i think he definitely has a mandate. >> do you think he knows it? >> i think he knows he has a mandate. he has a mandate. his 8 pick-ups in the house shows he has a mandate. i think the fact people waited 4 hours in line shows he has a mandate. the fact romney didn't win his home state, bath state or father's state and the paul ryan, and i...
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then president obama said assad should go. it has been over a year the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. so the longer this has gone on the more people -- groups like al-qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified the freedom fighters working with our allies the turks, the saudis had we had a better plan in place to begin with. but no, we waited for kofi anun to come up with an agreement with the un. we gave russia veto power. and meanwhile about 30,000 sirrians are dead. >> biden: what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never answers the question -- >> ryan: no we would not be going through the un -- >> biden: you don't go through the un. we are in the process now and have been for months in making sure that help humanitarian aide and other aide and training that we believe, the turks believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria. that is underway. our allies were all on the same page. nato as well as o
then president obama said assad should go. it has been over a year the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. so the longer this has gone on the more people -- groups like al-qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified the freedom fighters working with our allies the turks, the saudis had we had a better plan in place to begin with. but no, we waited for kofi anun to come up with an agreement with the un. we...